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Geoscape Canada
A map of Canada's earth materials
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Figure 32. Erosion-resistant diabase dykes (volcanic rock) form ridges rising above soft, more easily eroded carbonate rock, Kugluktuk, Nunavut (R. Rainbird).
Figure 32. Erosion-resistant diabase dykes (volcanic rock) form ridges rising above soft, more easily eroded carbonate rock, Kugluktuk, Nunavut (R. Rainbird).
Figure 33. Folded gneiss, Gaspar Island, eastern Georgian Bay, Ontario (M.A. Rutka).
Figure 33. Folded gneiss, Gaspar Island, eastern Georgian Bay, Ontario (M.A. Rutka).

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